What Do Union Bosses Want Now?
Trumka on labor helping Dems: “Won’t be as much as it was in the past.”
Facts:
Labor Bosses Plan To Spend More Than $400 Million Dollars For Obama During 2012 Presidential Election:
“Unions are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and lift Democrats this election year in a fight for labor’s survival.” (Sam Hananel, “Unions Gearing Up To Spend Big In 2012 Election,” The Associated Press, 2/22/12)
Labor Bosses Spent Half A Billion Dollars For Obama During 2008 Presidential Election:
“There has been nothing coy about the Democratic presidential candidates’ courtship of Big Labor. After all, union endorsements come with armies of door-knocking, phone-calling, sign-waving foot soldiers; union leaders will spend about half a billion dollars on political campaigns this election cycle.” (Tim Miller, “Giving Away The Store,” The New York Post, 12/17/07)
